Volume : IX, Issue : V, May - 2020

CREDIBILITY OF PROSECUTRIX AS A WITNESS

Richa Gupta

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A witness who makes different statement at different times has no regard for what is the truth. His/her evidence has to be read and considered as a whole with a view to find out whether any weight should be attached to the same. The court should be slow to act on the testimony of such a witness and normally, it should look for corroboration of his/her evidence. While the concept of credibility seems like an intuitive one, research has indicated that there is no consistent definition of this construct and that credibility may, in fact, be multidimensional. This article is to review how the measurement of credibility in sexual assault cases has been conducted, with the view to improve how credibility is psychometrically measured. The findings indicate credibility has been measured using a great variety of constructs such as believability, honesty, truthfulness, suggestibility, accuracy, and reliability. A more nuanced and consistent definition of credibility will be needed to facilitate meaningful applications of the research literature. The author in this essay will be discussing in detail with regards to the credibility of the prosecutrix witness with the help of relevant provisions and case laws.

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CREDIBILITY OF PROSECUTRIX AS A WITNESS, RICHA GUPTA GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-9 | Issue-5 | May-2020

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